National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. Photo: NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Jigawa State Command, says it has rescued 258 victims of human trafficking and reunited them with their families, while 512 stranded indigenes of the state have been returned from abroad over the past 18 months.
PUNCH Online gathered that the development comes as the world commemorates the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, aimed at exposing trafficking scams, protecting vulnerable people and preventing children and youths from falling victim to traffickers.
Speaking with journalists at the command headquarters in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Thursday to mark the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the State Commander, Abdulkadir Turajo, said Jigawa remains a source and major transit route for traffickers moving people to Europe and the Middle East.
He said that since the Jigawa State Command was established in July 2023, the agency had recorded 78 trafficking cases across the state’s border with the Niger Republic, rescued and reunited 258 trafficking victims with their families, and secured two convictions, including one involving a foreign national.
